SPARC applauds Senate Committee action on public access legislation - July 30, 2015
The Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) has passed S. 779, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, unanimously by voice vote and moved it to the full Senate for consideration. This marks the first time the Senate has acted on… Read More
American College of Cardiology set to launch new OA journal – JACC Basic Translational Research - July 29, 2015
The American College of Cardiology has announced the December 2015 launch of a new journal JACC: Basic Translational Research. Dr. Douglas L. Mann has been named Editor-in-Chief of the new journal, which will be published monthly as an open access journal. The latest JACC journal… Read More
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to bring FASTR Act up for mark-up on July 29 - July 28, 2015
After a month of intense conversations and negotiations, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) will bring the 'Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act' up for mark-up on July 29, 2015. The language that will be considered is an amended version… Read More
BMJ partners with European Society for Medical Oncology to publish new OA oncology journal - July 28, 2015
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced a partnership with the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), with the aim of publishing a new open access cancer journal - ESMO Open - from next year. ESMO has over 10,000 members from over 130 countries, working… Read More
SAGE launches new OA journal, Educational Neuroscience - July 23, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of Educational Neuroscience (EdN), an open access journal that explores developing brain-behaviour relationships and their implications for the science of learning, academic skill acquisition, and education practice at multiple levels of the educational systems from early childhood to higher… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. set to launch new Transgender Health journal in Fall 2015 - July 20, 2015
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, has announced that Transgender Health, a new peer-reviewed, open access journal launching in Fall 2015, will deliver authoritative research and clinical studies exclusively focused on advancing the understanding of the health and healthcare issues and concerns of this unique patient population.… Read More
SAGE launches new OA journal – Journal of International Life Sciences Research - July 17, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has launched the Journal of International Life Sciences Research (JILSR), a new open access (OA) journal dedicated to the rapid publication of high-quality articles in the form of life sciences research and review papers. As a companion to the Journal of International… Read More
The Society for General Microbiology announces full launch of its new journal- Microbial Genomics - July 17, 2015
The Society for General Microbiology has announced the full launch of Microbial Genomics (MGen), the Society's first fully open access journal that incorporates an open data policy. MGen publishes peer-reviewed articles that use genomic approaches to further our understanding of microbiology. The Society is waiving all… Read More
BioMed Central launches Archives of Physiotherapy journal in partnership with the Italian Society of Physiotherapy and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland - July 13, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central has launched Archives of Physiotherapy in partnership with the Italian Society of Physiotherapy and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. Archives of Physiotherapy is one of the few open access journals specializing solely in the subject of… Read More
Journals on mathematics education and industrial mathematics join SpringerOpen - July 9, 2015
SpringerOpen is now co-publishing two journals from the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences: Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies and Fields Mathematics Education Journal. Both open access journals' article-processing charges are covered by the Fields Institute, thereby removing all barriers to reading and publication. The Fields… Read More
